Star to auction gown to aid 'Katrina' victims
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Wednesday | September 21, 2005

Star Jones and her husband Al Reynolds arrive at the 57th annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles last Sunday. - REUTERS
LOS ANGELES (AP)
STAR JONES Reynolds is donating the dress off her back from the Emmy Awards to help Hurricane Katrina victims.
Jones Reynolds wore an amethyst velvet gown by Marc Bauer valued at US$3,000 while hosting red-carpet coverage for the TV station E! Entertainment Television at Sunday's show.
She donated the dress to the charity organisation Clothes Off Our Back Foundation, which will auction off outfits worn by celebrities at the Emmys and give the proceeds to hurricane victims.
"There is no better way to allow your clothes to keep on giving you pleasure than to share them with someone else," Jones Reynolds said. "The families that were affected by Hurricane Katrina need our help."
Last year, her sea foam green dress by Kevan Hall generated one of the highest-selling amounts in the auction. Bidding on this year's auction ends September 29.